Boyd, Donald McMillan (Pilot Officer)
Killed in Action 1944-September-12
Birth Date: 1924-February-17
Born:
Parents: Son of Claud Wilson Boyd and Ethel Dianne Boyd, of Calgary, Alberta.
Spouse:
Home: Calgary, Alberta
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
630 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Nocturna Mors Death by night
Base
RAF East Kirkby
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Bomb Aimer
Service Numbers
J/91105
Prev: R/168822
Calgary, Alberta
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Lancaster PD283
Mission
Lancaster Mk.I PD283
Bombing LE G 1944-September-11 to 1944-September-12
630 (B) Sqn (RAF) East Kirkby
630 Squadron Lancaster I PD283 LE-G
There are two claims for this aircraft:- Ofw Heinrich Schmidt 2/NJG6 - 70km West of Darmstadt: 2,500m at 00:21.
Hptm Kurt Fladrich 9/NJG4 - Hunsruck NE-N of Trier (RP - RO): 4,200m at 00:21.
Claim by Ofw Schmidt deleted from OKL/RLM NJG6. Confirmed Abschussubersicht rejected. Victory for Hptm Fladrich confirmed on 12 January 1945.
(Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 Part 4 - Theo Boiten)
Crashed at Schmidthachenbach 12 km ENE of Idar-Oberstein.
The crew were intially buried in Schmidthachenbach Cemetery Communal Grave 12. Reinterred 14 May 1948.
source:John Jones London UK
Lancaster PD283 Mk.I - Bombing LE G - 1944-09-11 to 1944-09-12
Squadron: 630 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1944-09-11
Completion Date: 1944-09-12
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: LE G
Target Specific:
Base: East Kirkby
Take Off Time: 20.44
Squadron Code:
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Crashed 0015 12 Sept 1944 at Schmidthachenbach 12 km ENE of Idar-Oberstein.
Crash Specifics:
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Bomber Group September 11/12, 1944
18 Halifaxes from 424, 429, and 433 squadrons were ordered on a mining operation to Kiel Bay. The crews were over the garden at 15,000 feet, sowing68@1500 lb mines. Richard Koval (6bombergroup.ca)
630 Squadron Lancaster I PD283 LE-G
There are two claims for this aircraft:- Ofw Heinrich Schmidt 2/NJG6 - 70km West of Darmstadt: 2,500m at 00:21.
Hptm Kurt Fladrich 9/NJG4 - Hunsruck NE-N of Trier (RP - RO): 4,200m at 00:21.
Claim by Ofw Schmidt deleted from OKL/RLM NJG6. Confirmed Abschussubersicht rejected. Victory for Hptm Fladrich confirmed on 12 January 1945.
(Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 Part 4 - Theo Boiten)
Crashed at Schmidthachenbach 12 km ENE of Idar-Oberstein.
The crew were intially buried in Schmidthachenbach Cemetery Communal Grave 12. Reinterred 14 May 1948.
source:John Jones London UK
